BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

For the last 60 years, one TV program has kept us coming back for more. How did Jeopardy! first capture the American imagination? Join host Buzzy Cohen as he peels back the curtain on the quintessential quiz show that made it cool to be smart. We'll go behind the scenes with contestants, staffers, and fans to explore the show’s history — including longtime host Alex Trebek — relive favorite moment...

Rachel Reilly steps Behind The Rope. One of the best Big Brother players in history stops by to chat about the entirely of her Reality TV career and share her inside wisdom and advice now that she is also on the other side of the camera in casting. Rachel deep dives her Big Bro career - meeting Husband Brendon which gave new meaning to the term “Showmance”, flip floppers, Janelle, Julie Chen and l...

Gina Gershon steps Behind The Rope. Actress, Legend, Icon. Gina Gershon. Gina is here to chat about her iconic career which has spanned several decades in which she played parts and starred in many of our fav movies and television shows. Gina shares early memories such as attending Beverly Hills High with Lenny Kravitz and acting in classic films such as Pretty In Pink and Cocktail. Gina also disc...

Margaret Jospehs’ Ex-BFF, Laura Lee Jensen steps BACK Behind The Rope. The woman at the center of one of the central storylines this season on RHONJ stops by to clarify a few things. So much has been written about the demise of Margaret’s friendship with her over forty year BFF. Laura is here to separate fact from fiction, to detail her much publicized meeting with Teresa and Jen Aydin and to expl...

One of our fav chats from the past, a chat that has gone viral, and has spilled the tea, we share with you here today. Cedric Martinez. Cedric Martinez, Lisa Vanderpump’s Iconic RHOBH Season One “Permanent Houseguest”. He details the “fall out” with the Vanderpumps and the real reasons he left their Beverly Hills mansion compared to what was actually shown on TV. Cedric is forthcoming on what he s...

Our second live show at City Winery has come and gone and the tea hath been spilled gurl. For all those asking, we have decided to share the show, in its entirety, unedited here today. Kim D. shares what she has learned about Tre and Luis’ relationship, Melissa and Joe’s marriage, Dave / Luis and Dina / Tre friendship, the pizza ovens and Marge’s purchase and last, but certainly not least, the reu...

Now that Tom Sandoval has broken his silence to none other than Howie Mandel, we break down all that Tom “revealed” during this chat, the real reasons why he chose Howie as a vehicle, the fall out with Bravo from this chat and where he goes from here. We deep dive the world's reaction as Raquel “checked in” to a facility, her recent actions both on and off camera, Tom’s response and the likelihood...

With so much non stop talk about The Scandoval, we did the only thing we thought appropriate, we stopped by Schwartz & Sandy’s for an epic night out with the one and only, Real Housewife of Miami, Miss Ana Quincoces. We spill the tea on all that we heard, saw, observed and oh yea, we might as well let ya all in on the food and drink too for this new Franklin Village, LA hotspot in, yes, a strip ma...

Lilliana Vazquez steps Behind The Rope. Another day, another slew of events in The Scandoval. Emmy award winning host, E News’ very own Lilliana Vazquez is here to help us make sense of it all. We chat all the latest developments, why The Scandoval is so huge, the winners and losers to emerge and where we, the cast, LVP, Bravo and Vanderpump Rules goes from here. In other Bravo news, we chat the r...

Alicia Witt steps Behind The Rope. After being discovered by none other than David Lynch at the age of seven, Alicia has had a career that most can only dream of having starred in many of our favorites - Twin Peaks, Cybill, The Walking Dead, Ally McBeal, The Sopranos and so much more. We chat about this prolific career and our fav part of Alicia's ever, starring as Madonna’s lover in the 1995 film...

Margaret Jospehs’ Ex-BFF, Laura Lee Jensen steps Behind The Rope. The woman at the center of one of the central storylines this season on RHONJ stops by to clarify a few things. So much has been written about the demise of Margaret’s friendship with her over forty year BFF. Laura is here to separate fact from fiction, to detail her much publicized meeting with Teresa and Jen Aydin and to explain w...

Jill Zarin. The Woman. The Myth. The Legend. Everyone always asks us where to find the episode that way back, in another lifetime, once caused a riff between Ms. Zarin and ourselves. A riff that has since been talked about, squashed, moved on from and not revisited. Not revisited except for today where we share another classic lost on the back feed. This is the episode which caused national headli...

On the heels of our second ever live show - This Tuesday, April 18th at City Winery, Kim D. stops by to break down all the real world happenings, shocking DMs she received this week regarding our fav Garden State Gals and RHONJ episode that has left us speechless. Kim shares her hot takes on Tre and Luis’ romantic get away, the presence of Kelly Dodd and the involvement, or lack thereof, of Dina M...

While so many of the Vanderpump Rules cast are making fatal mistakes in their public handling of Scandoval, Ariana Madix seems to be playing the media game oh so well. We deep dive what she is doing so right and how the rest of the cast can learn a thing or two from this woman scorned. Next, we break down Tom Schwartz' WWHL appearance from last week, Andy’s drooling over Schwartzy, Andy's advice,...

So many past RHOBH Diamond Holders, so little time. With Kim Richards, Camille Grammar, Denise Richards and Teddi “Mellenball” Mellencamp filming scenes for the upcoming RHOBH Season Thirteen, we share our hot takes and deep dive which past full time cast members should, and most likely will, be holding a diamond when this fan fav of a franchise returns to our Bravo TVs later this year. One notabl...

So much Bravo News, Social Media Trends and Pop Culture Nuggets to break down today we do not even know where to begin. First things first. The Scandoval. We analyze why this has become a pop culture phenom and explain why not everyone has fallen down this VPR rabbit hole. Next we break down all the RHONJ drama, the use of Finsta accounts, which Housewives and Celebs are behind which Finstas and w...

Dee Snider steps Behind The Rope. Dee chats about what it was like to front Twisted Sister, one of the biggest Metal bands to emerge from the 80s and have two of the biggest Rock Anthems of all time, “We’re Not Gonna Take It” and “I Wanna Rock”. Dee gives his nod of approval for current music and chats Beyonce, Katy Perry, Pink and Christina Aguilera and one epic Diva who does not make the list. D...

Kathryn Edwards is back. Your eyes are not deceiving you. Everyone’s favorite guest of, well, all time, returns yet again! You have asked for this daily. You have wished for this hourly and today that wish has come true. Kathryn is here to help uncover the truth behind Lisa Rinna’s much publicized RHOBH exit, her claims that, still to this day, she left on her own accord, the many past RHOBH who a...

Never judge a book by its cover. When I sat down to prepare for this chat with then Vanderpump Rules newcomer, Charli Burnett, I said what the F am I going to talk to her about. She had been on the screen maybe 5 mins max up to that point. Boy have I never been so wrong. This interview took place right around the time Stassi and Kristen were infamously fired. This chat turned out to be an expose o...

Kim D. is coming in hot with a response to all that Teresa Giudice said about her earlier this week in a recent interview. Kim slams Tre, explains why Luis Ruelas is “weird”, breaks down what Tre’s ultimate Karma will be and shares new info on the ever changing saga of Pizza Gate. In other RHONJ news, she shares an updated message for Danielle Cabral and Rachel Fuda, discusses why Marge may live t...

As the Scandoval continues, we feel it necessary to break down all sorts of recent happenings from the past week. We discuss who really got into that rumored near physical altercation at the reunion, whether Tom and Raquel even care at all, LVP’s thoughts and feelings, the bright future for all cast members most especially Ariana and last, but certainly not least, the possibility that the entire S...

Newsflash! We are in the midst of a Scandoval. We deep dive how the Scandoval has brought Jax and Brittany (new podcast alert), Stassi (new tour alert) and Kristen (VPR cameo alert) back into the forefront of our lives as if they never left and discuss whether, in light of where “cancel culture”, to the extent there even is still a thing, is today, any of the aforementioned would be terminated by...

Deena Cortese steps Behind The Rope. Jersey Shore’s Deena Cortese that is. Deena is here to chat about her Jersey Shore journey from the early days of newbie, to Snooki’s number one meatball to GTL, duck phones and her present day “Family Vacation” as a Mom and Wife still making Reality TV memories we cannot seen to get enough of. Deena chats the return of Sammy Sweetheart, the absence of Ron Ron...

Holly Robinson Peete steps Behind The Rope. Holly is here to chat about the full anthology of her career - The Talk (an OG in what is now hailed as the most authentic and infamous “Season One”), 21 Jump Street (working with a then young, inexperienced and innocent Johnny Depp), Hanging With Mr. Cooper (did someone say TGIF reboot) and so much more. Holly chats about her reality TV career- what the...

Oliver Saunders steps Behind The Rope. Fresh off his kiss with Raquel Leviss seen the other week on Vanderpump Rules, Oliver is here to take a break from his day job at Vanderpump à Paris to chat about it all. Oliver breaks down what working for Lisa Vanderpump is really like, how an innocent kiss with Raquel has thrust him into the spotlight and, of course, the timing of it all in regards to The...